Measurements of sublethal effects on individual organisms indicate community-level impacts of pollution

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 114-123

  Crowe, Tasman P ^a,c   Smith, Emma L ^b   Donkin, Peter ^b   Barnaby, Deborah L ^a   Rowland, Steven J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Ecological quality; Indicator; Marine biodiversity; Mussels Mytilus spp.; Scope for growth (SFG); Unresolved complex mixtures (UCM)

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; BIVALVE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HYDROCARBON; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION MONITORING; SUBLETHAL EFFECT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

BIVALVIA; MYTILIDAE; MYTILUS;

EID: 1142293876     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2004.00882.x     Document Type: Article

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